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cloud layer

noun

a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.

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Also called cloud deck .

Words nearby cloud layer

clouded yellow, cloud eggs, cloud forest, cloud grass, cloudland, cloud layer, cloudless, cloudlet, cloud nine, cloud over, Cloud Peak
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Example sentences from the Web for cloud layer

  • In time, Burl firmly enacted a planetary law which forbade the inexperienced to go below the cloud-layer.

    The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster

  • In fact, presently he noticed that the whiteness which was the cloud-layer seemed to retreat before him.

    The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster